Sentences with phrase «bit hollow»

Without evidence, statements about how hard - working you are sound a bit hollow.

But the clicking mechanism (there are no dedicated mouse buttons below the touchpad) feels a bit hollow and cheap for a pricey business laptop.

With volume at full blast, the sound is a bit hollow and jagged, but at least it's loud.

One minor complaint we had was that the top end sounds a tiny bit hollow (rather than warm), but for the price, the XO Three sounds simply spectacular.

That makes promises to keep personal info confidential ring a bit hollow.

After such a breathless endorsement of the Guidelines, the claim that they are not entitled to a presumption of reasonableness at sentencing rings a bit hollow.

Young Turks of that moment, like David Diao and Peter Young, are here, but the whole project feels a bit hollow at the center, like a time capsule from a time that didn't quite exist.

While not necessarily a bad game, the reboot of Star Wars Battlefront from 2015 always felt a bit hollow.

Potential is exciting, but perhaps rings a bit hollow for a list of this magnitude and importance.

The trial and error nature of actually developing games can sometimes provide frustrating as you desperately try to determine where things are going wrong, often making success feel a bit hollow, and yet there's still plenty of satisfaction to be had from building your company from the ground up.

The victory was a bit hollow, since it only affected Samsung's German division... and didn't prohibit retailers from ordering tablets from Samsung's other units.

(Even DC's brave roll - back of their prices to a more inviting $ 2.99 doesn't change that fact, and since most of the savings seem to have been cut not from printing pages, but from paying creators to generate original pages, as every DC issue out this month has the same filler promo material in the back, the victory of «holding the line» feels a bit hollow to this DC fan.)

Whether we were playing Patrice Rushen's bass - heavy «Forget Me Nots» or the Scorpions» guitar - centric «No One Like You,» sound was fairly accurate, though a bit hollow and tinny.

This revelation, if true, sort of makes Konami's claim that the farewell party from being fired from the company was just a wrap party and that he was merely going on a sabbatical after working for years on the game seem a bit hollow.

Though not without some instances worthy of merit, the film unfortunately feels a bit hollow, lacking in any real emotional depth.

Dialogue was comprehensible but at times came across as a bit hollow.

Was a terrific action movie that ended up feeling a bit hollow, despite the fact that I cried three times during it.

Perhaps things will have improved at release, but this preview build felt a bit hollow in its execution.

The plot is a bit hollow and the ending is not much of a climax but this Coen Brothers» outing is a modern classic.

The only real negative is that the film feels a bit hollow.

But parts can be lonely, or feel a little bit hollow.

Do they realize that many schools nationwide (in fact, most) no longer have the facilities to scratch cook, and that chirping gaily about their wonderful Chefs Move to Schools initiative rings a bit hollow in a school district where there is no place for a chef to cook?

The odd part is finding out that many schools sooner or later build a zero period back in, rendering claims of progress and a focus on health a bit hollow.

It all seems a bit hollow though, given how quickly replaced the Italian at Chelsea in 2004.

But the victory rang a bit hollow when the young player generally acknowledged to be the best untapped amateur in Canada, Dennis Sobchuk, signed a 10 - year, $ 1 million contract with the WHA's new Cincinnati franchise.

When done, it will sound a bit hollow when tapped on the top.

I know on the surface that probably sounds a bit hollow, but bear with me.

People with pleasant personalities are moving in the right direction but until they start sharing with others in a way that meets real tangable needs, all the niceties seem a bit hollow.

As to the other «questionable» Wagnerian roles that the tenor sang, the objections ring a bit hollow.

A proclamation of noble - sounding human rights was no doubt all the rage in the post-war era, but it rings a bit hollow to the jaded ear of post-modern man.

Your words of understanding to, say, a person suffering from cancer would ring a bit hollow unless they came from a place of personal knowledge.

Not exact matches

Otherwise, personal authenticity would be lacking in the «bit of a bore» CEO's speech, and even a dull speech that is true to life is better than pumped - up rhetoric that rings hollow.

A conscious field plus its object as felt or thought of plus an attitude towards the object plus the sense of a self to whom the attitude belongs — such a concrete bit of personal experience may be a small bit, but it is a solid bit as long as it lasts; not hollow, not a mere abstract element of experience, such as the «object» is when taken all alone.

And stuffing the hollow left by the removed seeds with something yummy means you can have bites of roasted squash right along with your filling.

But I've just taken them out and they've flattened quite a bit, the centres are hollow and they taste a bit burnt.

6 Divide the filling among the hero rolls (you can hollow them out a bit if you'd like, so that more of the filling can go in).

Another thing that I thought was interesting about the original recipe was that even though you hollow out the squash halves, you use all those bits in the recipe too.

The family - friendly, but still a bit eerie, ride winds its way through spooky sites while listening to narration of the story of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Instead of the mundane hollow chocolate bunnies, and gooey marshmallow chicks, gift your loved ones and foodies in your life with a nutritious selection of delicious bite - sized snacks and beverages.

On the pancake I added a bit of sugar free maple syrup (from Nature's Hollow)

In a video shared by Melody Kliebert to her Facebook, you can see a man guiding an alligator to bite into a hollowed - out watermelon, which had a goo inside with which to reveal the gender of the baby (no spoilers, you can watch the video).

Now it's on to the men's final major of the season at Quail Hollow, a track on which he has a little bit of history:

Meanwhile the parents of little Hollow Point and Abcde are happy as clams, so maybe a little bit of regret isn't such a bad thing.

I wasn't really thinking Folksy * expected * me to sell on his scale, I was really trying to highlight a point: this is a bit of a hollow feature for a huge number of handmade sellers.

Just lots of hollow praise for «hard - working» staff and a bit of immigrant bashing.

Mattison Hollow, Circa 1790, is a bit to the west of the Hancock Shaker Village, and just 35 - minutes north of Tanglewood in Lenox.

Everyone, BHO's contention that raising 40 % of his funds from small donors is «like» public financing does not make a good sound bite because it is so hollow.

«It looks a bit like politics, and favors,» said Alissa Taff, 66, of Huntington, head of the Civic Association of Sweet Hollow.

The flex shaft attachment will improve versatility, the cutting guide and multi-purpose cutting bit will allow you to hollow any shape on wood, and the auxiliary handle will allow you to hold the tool more firmly for complex designs in various materials.

One species can flourish around tiny hollows where a bit more phosphorus accumulates; another can tolerate the dryness of a slightly higher elevation; and yet another may thrive on the midslope.